That is the title of Peggy Noonan's short introduction of Benedict XVI just before he arrives in the USA. It reminded me of something odd I noticed in walking in and around the Vatican last December. The souvenir shops had lots of pictures of the pope, John Paul II that is, and very few of Benedict XVI. I wish I had bought a copy of the one where we did see a smiling Cardinal Ratzinger together with, of course, John Paul II. I just did a quick search online but couldn't find that one.
We were in St Peter's Square on Christmas Day 2007, but not close enough to see the pope's eyes as one can see in the picture above. He seems to have lost some of that shyness that always came through in his eyes.
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